Australian Open Tennis Betting Guide 2014

The Australian Open Tennis in Melbourne is always a great way to start the year and this year's tournament is looking like a potential classic. Novak Djokovic is the defending champion and world number one and is the warm favourite in the Australian Open Tennis Odds. Djokovic will have to hold off the usual challenge from Andy Murray with the Scot looking to win his third slam after he won Wimbledon last season.

The ladies side of the draw looks set to be dominated by Serena Williams who has been in awesome form over the past six months and is the one to beat here. The defending champion is Victoria Azarenka and she will be eager to defend her title in Melbourne in 2013.

The Australian Open Venue of Melbourne Park is truly State of the Art and facilities include retractable roofs allowing play to be continuous no matter what the weather. The weather is usually good anyway, with the Tournament falling in the middle of Australia’s summer. In 2011 a new surface was introduced known as plexi-cushion that has better heat retention allowing for truer bounce.

Mens and Ladies Singles 2014

The main features of the Tournament will be the Mens and Ladies singles and the results of past Tournaments demonstrate that only the very best players in the world usually win. The Australian Open Roll of Honour has a wonderful list of past and present Champions which includes some of the great names of tennis history.

Current Champions are Novak Djokovic who reigned supreme down under in 2011 defeating Andy Murray in the final, while the Ladies Champion is Kim Clijsters, who won last year when defeating Li Na in the final. Winners are presented with the Norman Brooks Trophy for the men and the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup for the ladies.

Djokovic had a wonderful 2011 in winning three of the four Grand Slams and if he can pick up the Australian open in January he will be the top dog once again. The Serb has proven too good and too fit when on his best form and he will be desperate to win the title in Melbourne for the third time.

There are a number of different ways for punters to have a bet on the Tennis with the Outright Win Odds the most popular, as well as that though we are covering the increasingly popular Australian Open Spread Betting markets. The Spread Betting is an excellent way to win big on the Australian Open Tennis while it is also possible to limit your losses, with that in mind it is more than worth a look.

Australian Open Tennis Draw

The draw for and Grand Slam is important and that of course is the same for the Australian Open, a kind draw can be vital to a players chances and the bettign will be adjusted significantly as a result. The Top seeds will be spread out evenly while we already know that No 1 and No 2 will be placed in seperate parts of the draw ensuring they can only meet should they make it through to the Final. The Australian Open Tennis Draw will be made in January in the lead up to the tournament and punters will be able to follow it as it happens.

There will be a number of dangeroous flosters in the draw who are unseeded, all of the big players in both the Men's and Ladies draw will be hoping to avoid them as they look to ease into the action at Melbourne Park.